"Will" as in future tense: I have ordered it and once it arrives, there will be a 30 day period of evaluation before I make the final commitment to buy it; hence "will" is an appropriate expression of my intention; and my post is about that. One of the things I do not like about it is superficial; the presence of the "Ricoh" name on the back below the LCD. But then, to paraphrase the bard, "arose" is but the past tense of the past perfect; "to have arisen", (yet smells as sweet). And even if the company name is now Pentax-free, at least those having their picture taken by a K3 or a K5 would see our favorite word, "Pentax", and remain oblivious to the Ricoh connection we must endure.

But more importantly, I did not like learning about all the problems early-adopter, fellow pentaxians have reported with the K3: That was by far the more important determinant of my decision not to buy; to stay with the K5 technology that I've loved for the past four years; the known knows versus the known unknowns, not to mention the yet unknown unknowns. So I initially opted to pick up a K5 iis at the lower prices they are now selling for.

But after thoughtful review of the potential positives versus the actual-to-date negatives, I decided to take a minimal risk in favor of the upsides, primarily of new APS-C with 1.5X the sensors, a bit depth of 14 (4X the dynamic range discrimination of the K5 in each of the three channels), along with the absence of a physical AA filter, and a few other, relatively minor things.

I'll have 30 days to decide whether or not to buy this or go to a K5 iis instead, and I am hoping that V 1.11 will help me make that decision in favor of the K3.

The root cause for all of this, of course is the $3000+ I have invested in some of the best lenses I've ever had; that and, God help me, brand loyalty to the name Pentax which goes back to my first 35mm camera, the K1000. Old habits die hard; especially the older we get.

You are in the wrong thread if you want to complain about that, there is one completely devoted to it.
I have owned and used extensively the k-x, k-5, k-5IIs and k-3 and can say unequivocally that the k-3 is by far the best them. Not necessarily in image quality as I have produced salable images from all of them. But in fit/finish, useability, workmanship, features, ergonomics and so on it just plain works.

Originally posted by chicagojohn

I did not like learning about all the problems early-adopter, fellow pentaxians have reported with the K3

Personally I think this was 99% FUD, the k-3 has been the most trouble free camera released by Pentax in recent memory. Not saying there have been no problems, but very minor compared to the almost disastrous k-5 release, and on going issues that were never solved.

Anyway I hope you love the k-3 as much as I do, it is a serious camera built to work all day. And if the Ricoh thing bothers you, we have a solution, it's called gaffers tape. Personally I think having Ricoh in charge is the best thing to happen to Pentax in about 10 years. But that's just my opinion.